"Allowing demonic depictions by some students while prohibiting Christian religious expression in artwork by others is a blatant violation of the Constitution. A public school cannot require students to sign away their constitutional right to free speech and religious expression."

(Wisconsin)—WorldNetDaily reports that an art policy at Tomah High School that allowed images of Buddha, the Grim Reaper, demons and Medusa but banned the Bible reference John 3:16 in a painting by a student known only as "A.P." is being changed as the result of that student's challenge to the district.

Because of the settlement reached this week by attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), who filed a lawsuit in U.S. District court on behalf of A.P., school officials have removed the ban on religious expression in class assignments., graded A.P.'s artwork, and all references to the detentions he was given as a result have been cleared from his record. The school will also pay A.P.'s attorney fees.

Said senior ADF counsel David Cortman: "Allowing demonic depictions by some students while prohibiting Christian religious expression in artwork by others is a blatant violation of the Constitution. A public school cannot require students to sign away their constitutional right to free speech and religious expression. Furthermore, other students created artwork in violation of this illegitimate policy, but no action was taken against them. Only our client was singled out."